From: Maneesh Soni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> o sysfs_chmod_file() must update the new iattr field in sysfs_dirent else the mode change will not be persistent in case of inode evacuation from cache.
Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- gregkh-2.6.orig/fs/sysfs/file.c 2005-07-29 11:30:03.000000000 -0700 +++ gregkh-2.6/fs/sysfs/file.c 2005-07-29 11:33:51.000000000 -0700 @@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ { struct dentry *dir = kobj->dentry; struct dentry *victim; - struct sysfs_dirent *sd; - umode_t umode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG; + struct inode * inode; + struct iattr newattrs; int res = -ENOENT; down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); @@ -446,13 +446,15 @@ if (!IS_ERR(victim)) { if (victim->d_inode && (victim->d_parent->d_inode == dir->d_inode)) { - sd = victim->d_fsdata; - attr->mode = mode; - sd->s_mode = umode; - victim->d_inode->i_mode = umode; - dput(victim); - res = 0; + inode = victim->d_inode; + down(&inode->i_sem); + newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | + (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO); + newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME; + res = notify_change(victim, &newattrs); + up(&inode->i_sem); } + dput(victim); } up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/